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Challenges for Higher Education: An Emerging Skills Shortage and Inequity in the Workforce

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

American higher education is called upon to serve a variety of purposes: advancement of knowledge, expansion of cultural appreciation, extending understanding of societal benefits and obligations, and preparing a diversity of students with the skills they need for a successful and rewarding life. Diverse Issues in Higher Education.

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Indigenous Peoples in Higher Education: Inherited Histories and Pernicious Status Quos

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Institutions of higher education, specifically land grant/grab institutions, were established as part of these efforts in conquest. As thoroughly documented by High Country News , forced land dispossessions serve as the foundation for institutions of higher education in the U.S. Roueche and Margaretta B.

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Paradigm Shift: DEI, Anti-DEI, or Underrepresentation?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Supreme Court struck down race-consciousness in college admissions upending four decades of precedent and reshaping the landscape of higher education (Edelman, 2023, par. Placing measurable diversity expectations and holding leadership accountable is fundamental. In June 2023, the U. Dr. Carl B. Dr. Terry A.

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Why Community Colleges Are Smart Choices for Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jennifer Sramek The student-led campaign is commendable, but the community college stigma doesn’t only affect students. Faculty members are sometimes questioned about their choice to teach at a community college rather than at other higher education institutions. The Roueche Center Forum is co-edited by Drs.

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Diverse Students Need Diverse Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Community colleges serve the most diverse students in all of higher education. The KSU-CCLP is a unique program that prioritizes recruiting women and minorities as future leaders that reflect the demographics of community colleges. in community college leadership. Roueche and Margaretta B.

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Cultural Competence: A Critical Skill for Today’s Police Officers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The missions of higher education and policing differ, yet each occupies well-known and established community spaces. Much like higher education, policing nationwide continues to wrestle with unparalleled demographic shifts, persistent public scrutiny, and questionable legitimacy. police officers. Dr. Neil D.

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Drive Enrollment Growth with First-Gen Pathways to Success: Changing Higher Education Podcast 167 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Marielena DeSanctis

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As higher ed nears the looming enrollment cliff , colleges and universities looking to drive enrollment growth must identify more pathways for students to obtain a college degree, especially in the case of first-generation students. Her mother was a first-gen student while she was a first-gen ‘traditional” student.